Species: Limnodromus scolopaceus

Long-billed Dowitcher
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Charadriiformes

    Family

    Scolopacidae

    Genus

    Limnodromus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Costurero Pico Largo, Becasina Boreal - bécassin à long bec
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae - Limnodromus - See Avise and Zink (1988) for information on genetic divergence between L. SCOLOPACEUS and L. GRISEUS.
    Migration
    false - false - true - Migrates primarily through western North America west of Rockies, less frequently (primarily in fall) east of Rockies (AOU 1983). Migrates northward to breeding areas, arriving late May-early June in northern Alaska. Southward migration usually begins in late July or early August, greatest numbers in August-September; juveniles begin migration after mid-August, rare before mid-September (Hayman et al. 1986). Rare but regular migrant in Hawaii.
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Forages shallow fresh water and mud bars, probing into mud with bill. Feeds on insects and their larvae, mollusks, crustaceans, marine worms, spiders, and seeds of aquatic plants (bulrushes, pondweeds, sedges, etc.).
    Reproduction Comments
    Breeding begins in late May or early June (Harrison 1978); early nestings in northern Alaska in the first half of June. Clutch size is 4. At first both sexes take turns incubating the eggs; later only the male is involved. Incubation appears to last for 20 days. Precocial young are tended by male.
    Ecology Comments
    Little information on home range; in Siberia, nesting pairs remained in an area about 100-300 meters in diameter (Johnsgard 1981).
    Length
    29
    Weight
    109
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-26
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-26
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    GH - 200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles) - GH - BREEDS: northeastern Siberia, northwestern and northern Alaska, northern Yukon, and northwestern Mackenzie, east to Franklin Bay, Northwest Territories. WINTERS: from central California, southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, central Texas, Gulf Coast, and southern Florida south to Guatemala, rarely to Costa Rica, casually to Panama; occasionally in Hawaii.
    Global Range Code
    GH
    Global Range Description
    200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)
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